Description

In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-10345

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2016-10345 CWE-264 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities